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January 21, 2023 Beer / country music / food / oklahoma

Oklahoma’s ‘Chicken Shack’ a Friday night delight, good for the soul

It was my birthday last August, a Friday night, and my wife took me to this joint a little northeast

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June 18, 2022 country music / music / video / YouTube

Song day Saturday: “Everyday Kind Of Love,” by Kyle Park

In Oklahoma, they call it Red Dirt. In Texas, it’s Texas Country. For those of us over 50, it’s what

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June 27, 2020 country music / indie music / music / videos / YouTube

Ryan’s Playlist No. 7: The music getting me through the COVID-19 pandemic

It’s almost eerie. The last music blog I did was called, “Adios, 2019. Hello, 2020!” The excitement for a new

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March 10, 2020 country music / music / texas / travel

Reconnecting With Texas Country

I admit that I love Texas. Always have. My wife and I just got back from a weekend in southeast

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January 2, 2020 1970s / 1980s / country music / documentaries / music / TV shows / YouTube

The sound of her voice: My 5 favorite Linda Ronstadt songs

About 25 minutes into the Sugar Bowl between Georgia and Baylor, I realized the Linda Ronstadt documentary was on CNN

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September 22, 2019 country music / Digital Marketing / music / TikTok / video / videos / YouTube

Ryan’s Playlist No. 4: How ‘The Git Up’ became a TikTok challenge + Houses, Bleachers, Aldous Harding, Mitski & Local Natives

I’m way behind on my blog playlists, and I’m not sure if that’s because of my schedule or because of

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August 4, 2019 country music / music / playlists / Shazam / video / videos / YouTube

Ryan’s Playlist No. 3: The Rise of Maren Morris + DMB that Needs a Re-listen + New John Prine!

We’re already four days into August, and I’ve failed to post my July music list. Egad! For those of you

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January 5, 2019 country music / lists / music / Shazam / videos / YouTube

My Shazam! 10 songs I’m digging in January 2019

We hear great music everywhere these days. We hear it on TV, in movies, at the grocery store, restaurant and

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October 28, 2018 country music / music / original music / songwriting / YouTube

YouTube songwriter discovery (Oct. 28): Emily Schultz, Andy Tunstall, Bill Fonner + more!

Life as a YouTube creator has at least two parts: the creation and the participation. To grow a channel in

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June 23, 2017 1960s / 1970s / 1980s / country music / jerry jeff walker / lists / music / Tracey Ullman

These 12 songs would be on my all-time best, definitive, ultimate CD

I haven’t been able to run this week because of some heel pain, so I decided to revisit a blog

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